Biography
Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers CBE, AO was a British entertainer who had a lengthy career in theatre, film, and television.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Forever Ealing
2002
as Self
This is a history of the England's Ealing Film Studios, from its beginnings in 1902. It follows the studio's successes through the 1930's, World War I...
Shine
1996
as Katharine Susannah Prichard
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Country Life
1994
as Hannah
Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Jack Dickens and his niece Sally run the family farm to support brother-in-...
Ending Up
1989
as Marigold
A traditional rural English Christmas, reluctantly spent with the predominantly geriatric family (who all have their quirks and eccentricities) ends i...
Northanger Abbey
1987
as Mrs Allen
A young girl, whose head is full of romantic and melodramatic notions, goes to stay with the wealthy Tilney family. Through her adventures, Catherine ...
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
1986
as Interviewee
Documentary about the British film studio. First appeared on the BBC television programme Omnibus.
Hotel du Lac
1986
as Mrs. Pusey
Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by obse...
Time After Time
1986
as Leda Klein
'Oh I was naughty. And I'm still naughty so take care.' And so Leda was, all those years ago when she was the childhood friend of Jasper and his three...
Nickel Queen
1971
Nickel Queen was an Australian comedy film released in 1971 starring Googie Withers and directed by her husband John McCallum. The story was loosely b...
Port of Escape
1956
as Anne Stirling
Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during a scuffle in a bar, the pair flee the scene, comm...
Devil on Horseback
1954
as Mrs. Cadell
A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey
Derby Day
1952
as Betty Molloy
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and co...
The Magic Box
1952
as Sitter in Bath Studio
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to i...
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
as Susan Foster (actress in clip, "The Shadow of the Orient") (uncredited)
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. Th...
White Corridors
1951
as Dr. Sophie Dean
White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a bus...
Traveller's Joy
1950
as Bumble Pelham
A divorced couple, living hand-to-mouth in Stockholm, must first pay their hotel bill before returning to England. To raise the necessary funds, they ...
Night and the City
1950
as Helen Nosseross
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed...
Once Upon a Dream
1949
as Carol Gilbert
An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant ...
Miranda
1948
as Clare Martin
A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue.
It Always Rains on Sunday
1947
as Rose Sandigate
During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947
as Joanna Godden
Joanna Godden falls heir to a farm when her father dies.
Pink String and Sealing Wax
1945
as Pearl Bond
Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkar...
Dead of Night
1945
as Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror")
Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. D...
They Came to a City
1944
as Alice
People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city
On Approval
1944
as Helen Hale
Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away ...
The Silver Fleet
1943
as Helène van Leyden
Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to fo...
We Serve
1942
Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman in their charge.
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942
as Jo de Vries
On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Nazi-held Holland. Parachuting into Dutch farmlands ...
Back-Room Boy
1942
as Bobbie
Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up ...
Busman's Honeymoon
1940
as Polly
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the ol...
She Couldn't Say No
1939
as Dora
A woman arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it.
The Gang's All Here
1939
as Alice Forrest
John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a fo...
Trouble Brewing
1939
as Mary Brown
Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing ...
Dead Men Are Dangerous
1939
Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the m...
Murder in Soho
1939
as Lola Matthews
A London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband.
The Lady Vanishes
1938
as Blanche
On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befrien...
Convict 99
1938
as Lottie
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened crimi...
Strange Boarders
1938
as Elsie
Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a Lo...
Kate Plus Ten
1938
as Lady Moya
Kate is secretary to Lord Flamborough. But she is also leader of a criminal gang. Can Mike Pemberton catch her red-handed?
Paradise for Two
1937
as Miki
A chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend.
The Green Cockatoo
1937
A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks invol...
Action for Slander
1937
as Mary
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
Pearls Bring Tears
1937
as Doreen
About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing.
Accused
1936
as Ninette Duval
Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Yvette. She is later ...
Crime Over London
1936
as Miss Dupres
With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.
Crown v. Stevens
1936
as Ella Levine
When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is surprised to find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after he...
She Knew What She Wanted
1936
as Dora
All at Sea
1936
as Daphne Tomkins
When mild mannered Joe comes into an inheritance, he leaves his job as a clerk, and embarks on a sea cruise. Posing as a successful writer, Joe attrac...
Dark World
1935
as Annie
British drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus.
Her Last Affaire
1935
as Effie
Desperate to prove his father innocent of treason, a secretary arranges a clandestine assignation with his employer's wife in order to get the proof h...
The Love Test
1935
as Minnie
Romance set in a chemical factory.
The Girl in the Crowd
1935
as Sally
“Bookseller David Gordon's new wife Marian has never met David's friend Bob but by telephone advises him on how to meet women by following the first a...